Explain fork() system call?

Answer Posted / priyanka sial

Fork() system is used to create processes. it takes no
argument and returns a process ID.
The purpose of fork is to create a new process which
becomes the child process of caller. After a new child
process is created, both processes will execute the next
instruction following the fork system call.

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